Analcime crystallization and compositional profiles - Comparing approaches to detect post-depositional alterations in archaeological pottery

Archaeometry

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 237-251

  Schwedt, A ^a,b   Mommsen, H ^a   Zacharias, N ^a,c   Buxeda i Garrigos J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alkali metals; Analcime; Calcium; Comparative studies; Concentration profiles; Gehlenite; Neutron activation analysis; Post depositional alteration; Pottery; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METAL; ANALCIME; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; CALCIUM; CRYSTALLIZATION; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 33646182143     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2006.00254.x     Document Type: Article

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